Puppies!

We've been looking to get a couple Australian Shepherds or Border Collies for a long while. Well, a friend told me about a lady on a farm who had some puppies for sale. I contacted her and I had intended to get just one puppy. Only two girls were born, both reds. One was a light red bi and the other a liver tri. The boys were all black bi. When I went to the farm, I was greeted by the pups' dad. A gorgeous red bi, a color between the two pups I would see. I saw the light red pup immediate ans she came romping up to me with the other female right behind her. I picked up the light red and she was so adorable and gave me kisses. I KNEW she was the one I wanted! Then, I felt something on my leg. The little liver tri was standing, her front paws on my leg looking up at me. My heart melted! I picked her up too and got the same greeting.

All puppies are cute, I think all dog lovers can agree! I was torn, I could only afford one pup and I didn't know which one to choose! Well, the lady, who was not a breeder, saw my torment and told me to take both for one price. REALLY?! Holy shit! I couldn't thank her enough! I didn't have to choose! And I don't know many exclamation points I can use in this paragraph! I was just so thrilled! I still am!

So I take both girls home and since the kids were coming home soon, and honestly these were going to be THEIR pups. They had each been begging for their own dogs for AGES! Anyway, my son would be first one home which meant he'd get to choose his puppy. I knew my daughter, she wouldn't care which one she got as long as she got one!

As we waited,  I set up the baby gate and put the pups in there with some potty pads. Our cat was real quick to meet the new members of the family and jumped in the corral with them. Brave cat! But I guess he wanted to make sure these girls new the rules of the house!

My son gets home, sees the puppies and drops EVERYTHING! In a split second he was down on the floor with puppies crawling all over him. I told him to choose one and he picked the light red, naming her Riley. He said it's because she was red and he was thinking she needed an Irish name, Riley was the first irish sounding name he could come up with.

Half an hour later, my daughter comes home. She doesn't even LOOK in our direction and completely ignored my call outs. She was wearing headphones, typical teenager LOL! But once she rounded the kitchen and came to the living room the other way, she saw the liver tri pup sitting in the middle of the floor and squealed! She chose the name Delila for her pup since they were doing mythology in one of her classes.

So there we go, two extremely happy kids and puppies! We only had one problem. Hubby was at work and still thought we were only getting one pup. Uhhh..... heh! Thankfully, when he got home, all he did was grumble a bit. He fell for both the pups and it all ended on a great note. First day home and the girls learned "sit", "up" and "down". Smart girls! It had been an exhausting day and I was spent. My pain was ramping up but I was happy that everyone had worn themselves out. Even Big Brother Toboe! Mama is going to take advantage of the naptime and lay down too!